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The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

Rohingya, Yemeni and Syrian refugees plead for help in Sudan

People had fled to Sudan to escape conflict and persecution in their home countries, but are now on the move again.

Al Jazeera

‘Endless record heat’ in Asia as highest April temperatures recorded

Record figures for month recorded in Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, China and South Asia

The Guardian - UK

42 illegal migrants caught in Kanchanaburi

KANCHANABURI: Forty-two job seekers from Myanmar were arrested after illegally crossing the border into Sangkhla Buri district late on Wednesday night.

Bangkok Post

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Myanmar's neighbours, some Asean members hold secretive talks on crisis

Government and think-tank representatives from Myanmar and its neighbours, including India and China, held talks in New Delhi on Tuesday as part of a secretive effort to de-escalate a bloody crisis in Thailand's army-run neighbour, two sources said.

Bangkok Post

Footage by Japanese journalist killed in Myanmar in 2007 released

Kenji Nagai was filming the monk-led Saffron Revolution in Yangon when he was shot by soldiers.

Al Jazeera

Slain Japanese journalist's camera surfaces after 15 years

A video camera that had been missing for more than 15 years after it was dropped by a Japanese journalist who was fatally shot during a street protest in Myanmar has been handed over to his sister at a ceremony in Bangkok

The Independent UK

Slain Japanese journalist's last Myanmar images shared after 15 years missing

The family of a Japanese journalist killed while reporting on Myanmar's 2007 "Saffron Revolution" released his last pictures on Wednesday, sharing footage from a recently obtained video camera missing since his fatal shooting 15 years ago.

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Slain journo's camera resurfaces 16 years after death in Myanmar

When Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai was shot dead by Myanmar troops as he covered anti-military protests in 2007, his video camera disappeared, along with the last images he filmed.

Bangkok Post

Secretive talks on Myanmar held in India

Government and think-tank representatives from Myanmar and its neighbours, including Thailand, China and India, held talks in New Delhi on Tuesday as part of a secretive effort to de-escalate a bloody crisis in the army-run country, two sources said.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar's neighbours, some ASEAN members hold secretive talks on crisis - sources

Reuters

Innocents to the fore in anti-war exhibition

War, peace and dreams are portrayed on canvas by an internationally renowned Myanmar artist during "Dreams" which is running at the Event Space, 4th floor of Central The Original Store, Charoen Krung Road, until May 21.

Bangkok Post

Ban Ki-moon: Myanmar military ‘must take first steps’ to peace

Former UN chief Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday called for an end to violence in Myanmar after meeting the leader of its ruling military junta, which he said “must take the first steps”.

Bangkok Post

Ex-UN chief Ban Ki-moon to do ‘all he can’ for peace in Myanmar

Ban calls for path to end violence and establish a ‘peaceful, democratic and legitimate government’.

Al Jazeera

Former UN chief says Myanmar army must take first step to end violence

Former U.N. chief Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday called for an end to violence in Myanmar after meeting the leader of its ruling military, which he said "must take the first steps".

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Ex-UN head Ban Ki-moon calls for end to Myanmar violence

Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for an immediate end to violence in Myanmar after a surprise meeting with the military leaders of the violence-plagued Southeast Asian nation

Al Jazeera

Ex-UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on surprise Myanmar trip

Ban Ki-moon visits military-run Myanmar on behalf of a group of former leaders who engage in peacemaking.

Reuters

Former UN chief Ban returns to Myanmar, meets ruling general

Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met Myanmar's military ruler on Monday, media reported, part of a trip aimed at promoting peace in a country racked by conflict since a coup two years ago.

The Independent UK

Ex-UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki-moon on surprise Myanmar trip

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The Independent UK

Top election official in Myanmar assassinated by guerrillas

A top election official in Myanmar has been fatally shot in Yangon in the latest attack attributed to militants opposed to military rule

Bangkok Post

Foreign minister Don meets Myanmar junta chief

Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai visited the capital of Myanmar on Friday for talks with Min Aung Hlaing, head of the military junta, according to the Global New Light of Myanmar.

The Independent UK

Gen Z guerillas are fighting in a brutal civil war that everyone is ignoring

Secunder Kermani gains rare access to meet some of the young people battling Myanmar’s military junta

The Independent UK

Myanmar Supreme Court agrees to hear some Suu Kyi appeals

A legal official says Myanmar’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear appeals of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s convictions and requests for reduced sentences in several cases in which she was charged with corruption, election fraud and violating the official secrets act

Reuters

Myanmar Supreme Court to hear appeal of jailed former leader Suu Kyi

The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar will hear an appeal by deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her convictions for corruption and violating election and state secrets laws, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Bangkok Post

New alliances form in Myanmar struggle

At dusk in northern Myanmar, fighters from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) patrol their frontlines and mark the positions of junta troops, their decades-long conflict with the military fraught with new risks since the coup two years ago.

The News Lens

Chinese Companies Reportedly Halt Rare Earth Mining in Myanmar After Protests

Protests broke out in Myanmar’s Kachin State following the Kachin Independence Organization’s decision to grant Chinese companies permission to mine in the area near the border with China’s Yunnan Province.

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